Elizabeth Bender

Biography

Elizabeth Bender is based in New York City. She a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Decarceration Project, which is devoted to reducing pretrial detention through litigation and policy reform. She has challenged New York’s bail system in state appellate and trial courts and was part of a group of advocates that helped bring about legislative reforms to New York’s pretrial laws in April 2019. She previously worked as a trial attorney for five years representing indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bronx.